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FTC Announces New Clayton Act Monetary Thresholds for 2016
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As required by law, the Federal Trade Commission has revised the monetary thresholds that determine whether companies are required to notify federal antitrust authorities about a transaction under...
Jan19
Auto Distribution: Current Issues & Future Trends
The Federal Trade Commission held a one-day public workshop on January 19, 2016, to explore competition and related issues in the context of state regulation of motor vehicle distribution, and to...
1601002 Informal Interpretation
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7A(c)(1), 802.1, 802.4
7A(c)(1) (not 802.1) may exempt insurance company transactions involving the acquisition of portfolios of insurance policies, if the target will continue to sell insurance policies. If the transaction...
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1601001 Informal Interpretation
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802.51
Leasing ships is a contract to provide a service. For 802.51, in the context of services, it matters where the contracts to provide the services (here, leases) are entered into and where the services...
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FTC Report on Drug Patent Settlements Shows Potential Pay-for-Delay Deals Decreased Substantially in the First Year Since Supreme Court’s Actavis Decision
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Pharmaceutical companies entered into substantially fewer potential pay-for-delay patent dispute settlements in fiscal year 2014, according to a new FTC staff report. The report summarizes data on...
Agencies Submit Joint Statement Regarding South Carolina Certificate-of-Need Laws for Health Care Facilities
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In response to a request by South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (the agencies) have submitted a statement regarding the...
FTC Announces Agenda and Panelists for Workshop Examining the U.S. Auto Distribution System
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The Federal Trade Commission has announced the full agenda for its upcoming workshop, “Automobile Distribution: Current Issues and Future Trends.” The all-day event, which will take place on January...
FTC Requires Kidney Dialysis Chain U.S. Renal Care to Divest Assets as a Condition of Acquiring Competitor DSI Renal
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The Federal Trade Commission will require the national kidney-dialysis chain U.S. Renal Care, Inc., for which Rangers Renal Holdings LP is the parent company, to divest its ownership interest in three...
FTC Requires Energy Investor ArcLight Energy Partners Fund to Divest Assets as a Condition of Acquiring Gulf Oil Limited Partnership from Cumberland Farms, Inc.
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The Federal Trade Commission will require energy investor ArcLight Energy Partners Fund VI, L.P., to divest its ownership interest in four light petroleum product terminals in Pennsylvania, as part of...
Public Statement
The Importance of Agency Design for Successful Competition Policy in Broadband
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Letter From Alexis Gilman, Assistant Director, Mergers IV Division, Bureau of Competition, To John J. Dreyzehner, MD, MPH, State of Tennessee Department of Health
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Alexis Gilman, Assistant Director, Mergers IV Division
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FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges that Merger of Orthopedic Practices in Berks County, Pennsylvania Would Likely Harm Competition and Inflate Prices
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that a merger combining 76 percent of the orthopedists in Berks County, PA into Keystone...
FTC Challenges Proposed Merger of Two Chicago-area Hospital Systems
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The Federal Trade Commission has authorized action to block the proposed merger of Advocate Health Care Network and NorthShore University HealthSystem, two leading providers of general acute care...
FTC Requests Public Comment on Pfizer Inc.’s Application to Modify Final Order Settling Competition Concerns Related to Pfizer’s 2009 Acquisition of Wyeth
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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on an application by Pfizer Inc. to modify the FTC’s January 2010 final order, which settled the FTC’s competition concerns arising from Pfizer’s...
Keystone Orthopaedic Specialists, LLC, and Orthopaedic Associates of Reading, Ltd., In the Matter of
Keystone Orthopaedic Specialists, LLC, an orthopedic practice formed through a combination of six independent orthopedic practices, agreed to settle charges that the merger substantially reduced competition for orthopedic services in Berks County, Pennsylvania. The complaint also names Orthopaedic Associates, one of the six practices that merged into Keystone in 2011, which was split off from Keystone in 2014. Under the terms of the settlement, Keystone and Orthopaedic Associates are required to obtain prior approval from the Commission before acquiring any interests in each other, before acquiring another orthopedic practice in Berks County, and before hiring or offering membership to an orthopedist who has provided services in Berks County in the past year. The settlement is designed to maintain competition in the relevant market by preserving Orthopaedic Associates’ separation, and allowing health plans to avail themselves of current market conditions by renegotiating existing Keystone contracts.
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Administrative
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FTC Matter/File Number
141 0025
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